Rueben’s Ramblings

I think I’ve mentioned before that I grew up in a small, rural town in Northeastern Pennsylvania a time or two in the past. In fact, I know I wrote about the celebratory carnival that would come to visit my hometown every year in July to honor the landing of the Apollo shuttle on the moon. Why would my hometown …

The Emmys are coming, the Emmys are coming! With the 2011-2012 TV season now over, it is time for the Emmy nomination process to be underway. The official Emmy nominations will be announced on July 19 this year; and while many of my peers have been listing their choices for who WILL be nominated, I prefer to make my own …

Everyone has special memories of summer time spent vacationing with family or friends, going to some far-off country where you’ve never been before or even just relaxing at home sitting on the front porch swing. But when you’re a NiceGirl (like me), your summer memories tend to veer more toward all things TV-related. As TV viewers know, there was a …

With Father’s Day just around the corner, TV is gearing up for various salutes to dear ole dad and I thought it only made sense to focus on some of the best dads on TV. But the big problem was deciding how far back in TV history to travel to pick the best dads. After all there was Jim Anderson …

Continuing where we left off last week, summer television is here and there are so many new and returning shows plus new made-for-TV movies from which to choose over the next few months that viewers need a guide as to what to watch. Thankfully, NiceGirlsTV has a summer guide right here to help you out; and I am continuing with …

While summer doesn’t technically begin until June 20, the summer TV season will actually start in full force next week, bringing TV viewers plenty of programming to enjoy. Where once summer was a wasteland of repeats and burn-off episodes of TV shows that the networks just didn’t deem “good enough” for airing during the fall TV season, networks now provide …

Next week we here in America will celebrate Memorial Day, a federally recognized holiday that originated as “Decoration Day” after the Civil War to commemorate fallen Union soldiers. By the 20th century, though, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who died in all wars, remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States …

It’s upfronts week. What does that mean, you may ask? Well, for anyone who follows the TV industry, upfronts week means the week when all of the networks – both major and cable – make their annual presentations to the New York advertisers. What do the networks hold the upfronts? Well, they make grand presentations of their existing and new …

Next week the major networks will make their presentations to the New York advertisers, which simply means to TV viewers that we will finally find out what show are coming back and which ones will disappear. Granted, all of the networks have already announced many early renewals for their existing dramas and comedies; but the decisions on the shows that …

In a few weeks the major networks will make their presentations to the New York advertisers, showcasing the returning and new shows that will appear on the primetime schedule starting this fall. There is always a lot of debate about which new pilots will be picked up and which ones will fall by the wayside. This is the final examination …